* Optimize street layout & bldg placement
* Maximize the efficient use of material rsces
* Minimize the embodied energy used in the transpo of bldg materials
* Maximize the use of materials from sustainable sources

-increase approp siting of bldgs to contribute to cmty energy efficiency
-decrease adverse impacts of built form on local microclimates
-increase the useful life of bldgs & mtls
-increase the use of local mtls
-increase response of the built form to local climactic condns
-eliminate the use of unsustainably harvested products

-increase densities to sust livability stds for an urban scale
-increase LT affordable housing options for households working in the City that have average incomes
-Ensure accomodation of core needy housing reqts
-encourage range of funding sources for housing
-increase range of housing types and tenures
-provide accommodation approp for families
-accommodate diff types of family structures over time
-increase opps for aging-in-place